Tire-fastener.



L. G. FLBMING.

TIRE FASTENEB.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 5, 1912. 1,06 1,905.' Patnted May 13, 1913aWITNESSES L. G. FLEMING. TIR-E PASTENER. APPLICATION FILED 00T. 5, 1912.

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ATTORI/[YS Patented May 13, 1913.

LUKE G'r.v FLEMING', 0F TARFXTOWN, NEW YORK.-

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented lilay i3, 1921.3.

Application filed October, 1912. Serial No. 724,047.

To all whom, t may concer-a.'

Be it known that I, Lumi G. FLEMJNG, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Tarrytown, in the county offWestcliester and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Tire-Fastener, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact tion.

The object of the inventionis to provide a new and improved tirefastener moore especially designed for use on automobile wheels and thelike, and arranged to permit of-securely fastening the tire in' place onthe rim of the wheel or quickly removing it therefrom forrepairs orother purposes. For thev purpose mentioned, use is made of a wheel rimprovided at the inner side`with a retainer for engagement 'with theinner side of a tire, a detachable fastening ring removably fitting theouter peripheral face of the said rim at the outer side thereof, theouter side of the rim having spaced apertures outside the said fasteningring, a series of arms or supports held on the inner face of the rimand'sp'aced approximately equal distances apart, and pins on the saidsupports or arms adapted to engage the said apertures from the innerface of the rim and projecting beyond the peripheral face of the rim toengage the said fastening ring on the outside thereof.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in whichsimilar characters of :references indicate corresponding parts in allthe views,

Figure l is a face View of .thewheel provided with the improved tirefastener, parts being yin section; Fig..2' is an enlarged sectional sideelevation of part of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3; Fig. 3l is across section of the 'same on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2';

descrip- Fig. 4 is a lplan View of part. of the wheelv and one of thefasteners looking in the direction of the arrow indicated in Fig. Lthefastener being shown in withdrawn position', and Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of a modified form o`f the tire fastener as applied and tpartof the .rim being shown in section.

On the' felly A of an automobile wheel or other wheel is secured a rim Bprovided at its inner side 'with an outwardlyextending iange C for theinner clenching ring D to rest against, as plainly shown in Fig. 3, thel provided with a said clenching ring D engaging the usual rib E formedon the shoe E containing the inner inflatable tube F. The outer side ofthe shoeE is provided with the usual rib E2 engaged by a slidableclenching ring G held removably on the outer side of the rim B, whichlatter is provided at its outer side with an inwardly-inclined iange Cso to permit of readily placing the clenching ring G in position on theperipheral face of the rim B, it being understood that the said flange Cserves as a guide for the ring G when sliding the latter in place on therim B.

The clenching ring G is held locked in olenching position against therib E2 by a series of pins H slidably passing `through i apertures Bformed in the outer portion of ring G, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3.The pins H are preferably arranged in pairs, and each pair extends froma base H fastened by rivets H2 orother fastening means 'to a support orarm, preferably in the form of a fiat spring I connected by a rivet Jvte the inner face of the rim lB. As shown in Fig. l, the springs 'I arespaced approximately equal distances apart on the inner face of the rimB, and the springs by their .own resiliency hold the pins H normally inlocking position against the outer face of the elenching ring G so as'toprevent removal of the said ring from the rim B.

I/Vhen'it if: desired to remove the shoe E from the rim B for repairs orother purposes, then the operator presses each spring I inwardly untilthe pins H clear the apertures B, and then the operator swings thespring I in a transverse direction(see Fig. 1i) and releases the springto allow 'the pins H to'abut against the under face of the rim B, thusholding the spring I and the pins H in inactive position to permit theoperator to readily remove the 'clenching ring G ffroni the rim B andlike-wise the shoe E. After the shoe has been repaired or replaced by anew one, then the said shoe is slipped in position again on the rim B,after -which the clenching ring G is replaced and the oper- `at0r nowswings the springs Il back until the pins II again register with theapertures B', and then the springs by their own resiliency swing outwardto project the pins H through the apertures B and engage lock the latterin place.

The inner side of eachlpin His preferably vsegmental cut-out port-ion H3adapted to 'engage a correspondingly- 'the riin B immediately outsidethe clencliing y los. l

the pinswith .the outer face of the clencliing ring G to the clenchingscribed.

shaped recess G formed in the outer side of the clenching ring G, itbeing understood that the said recess G is in register with thecorresponding aperture B and consequently the pin H readily engages therecess G. By the arrangement describbe'd the pins H form abutments forthe outer face of the clenchingring G to rest against, and the pins Hnreheld against accident-al inward movement toward the center of thewheel owing tothe vcurved recess H3 engaging the correspondingly curvedring G, and creeping movement of the ring is prevented by the retainingpins H engaging the recess G' formed in the said ring G. By providingthe pins H with segmental cut-out portions H3 fitting the bottoms of therecesses G', the pinsare held normally against displacement on thedownward pressure of the shoe E which holds the latter firmly inengagement with the inner clenching cut-out portions H3 of the pins H.When the operator, how ever,- presses the pins H inwardly withconsiderable force, then the pins H disengage ring G, as previously eX-plained Insteadof the springs I 'for supporting the pins H, use may bemade of arms K (see Fig. 5) fulcrumed on the studs L attached to the rimB. Thefree ends of the arms K are adapted to be locked in place. byretaining catches N'preferably of spring metal.

- Although the shoe .E is shown in connection at its'inner side with aclenching ring D it is evident that this part of the wheel may be variedwithout deviating from the invention which rests mainly in the pins H,and springs I or varms K shown and above de- From the lforegoing it willbe seen that the inflatable tire can be readily placed in posi-` tion onthe rim B and securely locked in position thereon, and the tire can alsobe n quickly removed from the` rim for repairs or other purposes by theoperator simply disengaging the pins I-I from the ring G, then lockingthe pins in inactive position to permit of easily sliding the ring G offthe outer side of the rim B.

Having thus described my invent-ion, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent: u y

' 1. In combination with a wheel rim pro'- vided at the-inner side witha retainer for engagement with the inner side of a-tire, a detachablefastening ring removably fitting the outerperipheral face of the saidrim at the outer side, the outer side of the rim having spaced aperturesoutside the said fasten- -the outer side,

ingring, a series of swing arms arranged on the inner tace of the rimand spaced approXimately equal distances apart, Yeach swing arm beingconnected at one end with the rim to allow of swinging the arm in avertical plane and in a transverse direction, and pins on the free endsof the said swing arms and adapted to register with and engage the saidapertures from the inner face of the rim, the said pins when out ofregister with the said apertures-resting against the inner face oftherim and the said pins when in engagement with the said aperturesprojecting beyond the 'peripheral face of the rim and engaging .thefastening ring on the outside thereof. '2. In combination with a wheelrim provided at the inner side with a retainer for engagement with theinner side of a tire, a detachable fastening ring removably fitting theouter peripheral face of. the said rim at the outer side of the rimhaving spaced apertures outside the said fastening ring, a series offiat springs spaced approximately equal distances apart on the innerface of the rim, each spring being pivotally connected at one end to therim to permit of swinging the spring transversely and to bend thespringin a vertical plane, the springs normally resting against the inner faceof the rim, and pins attached to the free ends of the springs andadapted to extend through the said apertures and engaging the saidfastening ring on the outside.

thereof, the said pins being adapted to abut against the inner face ofthe rim at the time the springs are swung transversely into inactiveposition and the pins are out of register with the saidv apertures.

3. In combination with a wheel rim prolvided at one side with a retainerfor engagement with one side ofthe pneumatic "tire, a detachableclenching ring removably fitting on the other side of the said rim, thelatter' having spaced apertures andthe clenching ring having recesses atthe outer face in register with the said rim apertures, pins adapted topass through the rim apertures and having segmental cut-out pqrtionstting thebottoms of the said recesses, and springs carrying the saidpins and to the inner 'face of the rim. Y p

In testimony whereof I have signed my attached name to thisspecification in the presence of; i

two subscribing witnesses.; y

' LUKE G. FLEMING.

Witnesses: v,

Trino. G. HosTER, PHIL@ D. RoLLHAUs'

